Posts from Hawkswill in thread „Last Non Western You Watched“

  • Last Non Western You Watched

    Imagine Ward, Duke, and RB making movies......now, we would have really had something there!


    Hugh Laurie....be still my heart. Only saw him in House, and have never seen them all. You know he really does play the piano as he did in the series! How can somebody like him go from looking like an ugly bum to one of the most attractive, alluring men you know?? It just crept up on me!
    With my nursing background, I particularly enjoyed him in the holier than thou hospital scenes.....would like to see him in other masculine type roles....are there any? I haven't a clue.
    As for Ward and Duke.....don't think there will EVER be a combination like them again. Keith


    E=Peridot;118947]One admires that about them, the genuine love and admiration they had for one another, the respect and friendship, the bromance, if you'll allow me that newly coined and stupid word. I read Dobe Carey's autobiography and in it he states the sole reason that Ward Bond kept his leg is that John Wayne absolutely refused to allow the doctors to amputate* it. He used the strong force of his personality and when John Wayne stands in your way and tells you, 'Hell, no, you will not' by God, you listen to him.


    It's a miracle it didn't kill Bond. Clearly God listened to John Wayne. :heart: Well, wouldn't you? I know my father did and he ruled my world.


    Sometimes I wonder now why we don't have many actors who work together. There are many UK actor/director teams who work together again and again and the films are the better for it: Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry with Emma Thompson and sometimes Hugh Grant, Merchant/Ivory directing. Emma Thompson and Kenneth Branagh still work together as a couple although they're divorced and Sir Derek Jacobi will join them. Do we have any American actor teams other than the combo of Ben Affleck and Matt Damon?


    Will we never have that again in American film? :sad: Still, we must be grateful that it's preserved and for what we have, I must say. The magnificence of the past is there for us to view. I hope most of it will be preserved for us. Fingers crossed.




    *I'd love to see those radiographs. They must be fascinating.[/QUOTE]

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    Good grief Carl, here I am fixing to go to sleep and I see you talking about the WALKING DEAD. Bet I have Zombie Nightmares, LOL. OK, using The Ringo Kid. But if it asks for a real name will say Carl Ringo.....don't know your last name,LOL.


    I watched They Were Expendable....notice a little something different every time I see it that Pappy did for Ward Bond, since he could still barely walk on the once nearly severed leg and wore a stiff, heavy leg brace. This time, it was that Ward's face was the last one seen looking up at the plane....last face on the film. Of course, Pappy tried to get him into every scene possible if he didn't have to walk, because he still couldn't without a crutch. What a threesome......Pappy Ford, Ward Bond and Duke. And, although Mulcahey, (Ward), was on Brick's crew, notice the goodbye he got from Brick and the one from Rusty,(Duke). Boy, you had to be blind not to know that they were very close in real life! Keith .

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    Quote from Gorch

    Hey Ringo, I totally agree with you about Nicholas Cage. He makes my skin crawl and when forced to watch the overacting doofus in a movie, I try to block out his slack-jawed face with my hand. I do wish to offer though, that "Windtalkers" is a pretty good movie due to Adam Beach, Mark Ruffalo and Peter Stormare.


    Anyway, I watched one of your favorites today - "Hell is for Heroes". For those unfamiliar with it (after all it's from 1962 and in black and white) Steve McQueen, James Coburn, Harry Guardino, Mike Kellin, Nick Adams, Fess Parker, Bobby Darin and even Bob Newhart try to hold back the German army during WW II. It's directed by Don Siegel and still packs a punch.


    We deal in lead, friend.


    As For Cage, Bill. I never liked him either until I saw him in one movie I can't for the life of me remember the name or what it was about....but he was GOOD!. I will look through his filmography and find it. I will bet you haven't seen it, because I believe you will like it. ONLY ONE,though, LOL!


    Hell is For Heroes.....never heard of it. Stellar cast. Guess that will go on my list. Wonder if Peter has it.....LOL, my wonderful Peter. What would I do without him......back to grainy old Youtube, LOL.


    Did you look at your email? Mark says he has never noticed it either in all his watchings of The Shootist and reading everything about it. Wouldn't it be cool if I found something? Never will forget how embarrassed I was when Keith made it very plain that EVERYONE knew about JB's landlady being named BOND for Ward. I wanted to ask him right away, but......I do have feelings, and they were a bit crushed, LOL.....wasn't ready for another one of those....as I do value his opinion and want him to like me. So, I read everything written about The Shootist starting with his praise and all the comments. Also checked some of my sources outside. No one had every noticed it before. Now, maybe I am crazy and the piece is not what I think it is.....Mark didn't recognize it so I must be a lot worst sketcher than I thought, LOL! So, let me know. Sure did flabbergast ME when I saw it doing the screen catch for the drawing......just sort of stared at it for a while. OK, back to work. CYA LH, LOL!

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    Quote from ethanedwards

    I watched iy again, to tie in the work I'm carrying out on the books forums,
    this was one I updated
    http://www.dukewayne.com/showpost.php?p=118739&postcount=3


    Nice review Keither. Don't have much times for reading books, but may search that one out. Read PT 109 a few hundred times umpteen million years ago. Only PT boat book I ever read. Loved the part where JFK took out the dock. I used to do the exact same thing.....fly up the dock, spin the wheel, throw her in reverse, spin wheel again and slide on in. SO GLAD the engine never failed! Mom and Dad would NEVER have forgiven me! Thanks......actually didn't realize you did book reviews also. Do you read them? Just wondering if this one has a lot of technical knowledge in it.....that would be interesting to me....propulsion, electrical, etc. Thanks for all you do, negative comments along with all else!
    Keith 2

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    Quote from ethanedwards

    They Were Expendable


    LOVE that one Keither. Love also that the part was written in for Ward after his horrible accident.


    My parents and I built a half size version of a plywood PT boat when I was small. Giant fishing boat, small "houseboat". Took us most of the winter to build it. The houseboat come next about two years later....it was 55 feet long and slept nine!


    HAGO, Keith2

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    Quote from alamo221

    The long shots with the rhino was Ted White doubling Duke WAAY too dangerous-


    I am talking about the close up ones when he is on the ground with him. Some are just posted on Group Watch. KP Thought Roberson did those long shots...where did you find it was White? Those are some of the questions on the GW. Thanks.

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    Quote from Hawkswill

    Hi there Ben, Surprised your wife doesn't like it. But, how about you making a comment on the Group Watch for us? If you didn't like it, that is OK....what discussion is all about. Thanks and HAGO, Keith


    Forgot, tell your wife he really lassos a speeding zebra in a herd of them. He is on the hood of the chase truck. I went frame by frame.....it is Duke all right, LOL! Amazing the things he did so close to those wild animals going crazy. I am amazed that Hawks let him do it! I thought the Rhino was going to get him TWICE! KP

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    Quote from ethanedwards

    Hellfighters


    Could have sworn I posted this....but it isn't showing up....funny another post from someone didn't show up on the board, but it was in the email I got.


    Guess you didn't like Hellfighters any better this time, huh, Keith?


    Well, there are a few of us dumbies that like it, LOL. Very exciting to me.


    HAGO, Keith 2

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    Quote from Ben Cartwright SASS

    Hatari
    Still trying to get my wife to watch the whole thing, she says she doesn't like John Wayne, unless he is playing a cowboy or a soldier


    Hi there Ben, Surprised your wife doesn't like it. But, how about you making a comment on the Group Watch for us? If you didn't like it, that is OK....what discussion is all about. Thanks and HAGO, Keith

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    Quote from ethanedwards

    Operation Pacific


    Wow, one of my favorites as you can imagine, Keith, with my Love for both Duke and Ward. Very strange hearing Ward call Duke by his real name and the role reversal in the movie. Must have been fun for them both as they were best friends in real life.


    As you know the movie is based on several truths or real events. There really was a problem with torpedoes' detonation...strangely enough, extreme angle hits were more reliable than straight on ones. Although the crew did not solve the problem, it WAS solved in a similar manner as shown in the movie.


    Another one was that a Commander Howard Gilmore, captain of the USS Growler, did use his boat to ram and sink a ship prior to being mortally wounded and ordering his boat to be taken down from under him thereby saving the Growler and her crew. He was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for his personal sacrifice.


    Also, submarines, athough now are massive vehicles, are still called "boats" by submariners. Previously, when first invented, they were small enough to be carried on ships...therefore, the term "boat".


    And, The COB or Chief Operator of Boats,(officially Chief Petty Officer), is similar to a Master Sargent on land. It this movie, Jack Pennick has this role and is simply called "Chief". He has usually been around and knows more about boats than even the Commanding Officer, (CO) or the Executive Officer, (XO). Those three are unofficially known as being the top of chain of command. That is the reason for Duke's little "speech" about him, {SPOILER}, as he is killed in the offboat retrieval of a downed flyer, Duke consoles his ensign, (young Martin Milner), by telling him of how the Chief has helped to "raise" Pop, (Ward Bond), himself and the other officers aboard. He imagines that he is still doing that "back there" as a mention of a type of "Davy Jone's Locker" where sailors lost at sea, reside. As I said, this is a little known John Wayne movie. But, I think that short speech of Duke's was one of his best efforts. This is a movie to be watched by any Duke or Ward fan although some of the effects are not the best, if you concentrate on the story, yu will never notice them.


    I realize that you know all of this Keith, but some of the readers may not, and this is a relatively "unknown" for a lot of Duke fans. So, since I had this info in my "Ward" research already, I thought I would include it so that some who have not seen it might decide they should.


    I think I will watch it again tonight! Thanks, Keith

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    Quote from The Irish Duke

    I really let myself down with the group watch, i started it and my computer broke and dooley kept it going fair play too him. If he doesnt pick one soon though I will. I have not seen highway in the sky yet, I love Jimmy Stewart, despite my youngness I do an excellent impression of him :P


    You didn't let yourself or anyone down, Irish. When my computer crashes, I freak, LOL...luckily I have an old but good old slow, Sony as a back up. You are to take back your Group Watch. I was very proud to be chosen by you to pick the next movie, but I will gladly step aside if you would like to take over now. Wasn't planning to announce my choice until the 30th when this one will be over. But, go for it, Kiddo. As I said before, it IS your Forum. We were just helping out for a bit.


    Let me know what you think about Highway in the Sky. Bet LOTs of folks here have not even heard of it. I really enjoyed it. Need to see it again....has been a long time.


    Why don't you use Sound recorder to do your impression of Jimmy, then post it to You Tube. I would LOVE to hear it. You could even do it as a movie with your phone if you do his mannerisms also. What fun! KP

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    Quote from Hawkswill

    Hi Guy, Imagine you have seen It's a Wonderful Life with Jimmy and Ward also? Of course you have. It is on every year right around Christmas!


    A little known one I saw years ago when I was a kid is a great one. Called No Highway in the Sky. It is really great and Jimmy is an eccentric yet brilliant engineer.........that is all you get, LOL. Don't read up on it, it will ruin the story for you. Just get it and you will like it. Seriously don't read the reviews.....they tell too much of the story, LOL! Leave the suspense in the movie! It is expensive, but you can rent it from Amazon instant video. I THINK they have it in DVD now, and they are less expensive. Didnt check You Tube, but might be out there.


    HAGO, Keith

    SO IRISH DUKE, did you watch Jimmy in No Highway In the Sky? Now, I want to watch it again........have to go find it, LOL!
    Also, help me out with your Group Watch will you? Thought Peter would be back by now. The guys don't listen to me, LOL! Oh, I was going to do a sketch for whomever got the repetitive phrase.......what do you think? KP

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    Quote from The Irish Duke

    Ward Bond is an actor i'm just happy to see show up in a film, he often pops up in things you won't expect him too and he always adds to the picture. He's a true character actor, people forget Ward had range too, I think iv'e mentioned before I prefer Ward as a bad guy or playing a part opposite the duke like 3 godfathers. Glad you agree about Stewart! Iv'e seen all his Westerns and now i'm moving onto his other films and Rear Window and Harvey have become instant favorites. Stewart just has it in the same way that Duke had it but while Duke often was criticized for being too one dimensional I find Stewart to be almost an acting chameleon, what an actor!


    Hi Guy, Imagine you have seen It's a Wonderful Life with Jimmy and Ward also? Of course you have. It is on every year right around Christmas!


    A little known one I saw years ago when I was a kid is a great one. Called No Highway in the Sky. It is really great and Jimmy is an eccentric yet brilliant engineer.........that is all you get, LOL. Don't read up on it, it will ruin the story for you. Just get it and you will like it. Seriously don't read the reviews.....they tell too much of the story, LOL! Leave the suspense in the movie! It is expensive, but you can rent it from Amazon instant video. I THINK they have it in DVD now, and they are less expensive. Didnt check You Tube, but might be out there.


    HAGO, Keith